Summer Heat Can Kill Cell Phones and iPods, Warns Electronics Expert

Summer Heat Can Kill Cell Phones and iPods, Warns Electronics Expert

MIAMI, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- When temperatures soar, kids and critters aren't the only things not to leave in a parked car. The battery in your cell phone, iPod, or iPhone could explode, or ooze.

And "the temperature in a locked car can fry microcircuits" that power PDAs like Blackberry and Treo, warns Consumer Electronics answer-man Dave Graveline.

Graveline fields questions about gadgets and gizmos on his weekend radio show "Into Tomorrow" on over 100 stations across the USA and on XM Satellite Radio.

"One caller told me she burned her ear when she went to use a phone she left in the car." Other callers report DVDs and music CDs melting.

"Excessive heat and direct sunlight can cook digital cameras, flash drives, almost anything electronic," he cautions. "Even GPS units intended to be dashboard mounted should be stashed in the glove compartment."

A former police officer, Graveline offers two more warnings:

"You're inviting a smashed window if you leave anything valuable in plain sight in a parking lot. With all the recent news coverage of iPhone's launch and other upscale devices, why tempt a rip-off?"

And "because your wireless phone is a personal safety device, you should always have it with you."

For further information: http://www.graveline.com/

About Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline: Weekend radio show covering Consumer Electronics industry, since 1996. Heard nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio, around the world on Armed Forces Radio, and online on-demand at www.graveline.com.

Originates in Miami, syndicated by Advanced Radio Network (305-824-9000).

Previously, host Dave Graveline appeared on several Miami radio and TV stations. For 8 years, he served as a Miami-Dade (FL) police officer, and he is an FBI certified instructor.

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